Everyone in this year's Need For Speed—racers and cops both—is
an asshole. Neither side is likable. Thank God. It's incredibly freeing to be a
total, speed-obsessed jerk, especially when it's accompanied by amazing visuals
and intense velocity. Way to welcome us to next-gen, Need For Speed Rivals.

For one moment, the gap between playing a game on PC and on console seemed razor-thin. I played Need for Speed Rivals on both PC and PS4 and the two versions of EA’s upcoming racing game were virtually indistinguishable. What I saw was impressive no matter what machine it was running on.